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Laptop magazine did a thorough review of the new Flash Player 10.1 on a new Droid 2 phone, and came away less than impressed.

How bad is mobile Flash? When I went to ABC.com and tried to play a clip, I waited five minutes while the player said “loading.” During that time, it was nearly impossible to scroll around the page or tap objects on it. Eventually, I scrolled up to see a message that was previously obstructed and said ”Sorry. An error occurred while attempting to load the video. Please try again later.” It gets worse…

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DID YOU KNOW?

Despite the strong association of his name with shortness, Napoleon Bonaparte was actually taller than average. Soldiers who ascended to the officer ranks in that time period tended to be more physically gifted (i.e. taller) than their peers, so at 5’7″ tall, Napoleon was shorter than most of his immediate subordinates. However, among the general population of the time, he would have had no trouble seeing over the crowd.